Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 68: Daśaratha Delighted
Text 1.68.17
दृष्टवीर्यस्तु काकुत्स्थो जनकेन महात्मना।
सम्प्रदानं सुतायास्तु राघवे कर्तुमिच्छति॥
dṛṣṭa-vīryas tu kākutstho janakena mahātmanā
sampradānaṁ sutāyās tu rāghave kartum icchati
dṛṣṭa-vīryaḥ tu kākutsthaḥ = Kākutstha’s prowess has been witnessed; janakena = Janaka; mahā-ātmanā = by the great soul; sampradānam = to bestow; sutāyāḥ tu = his daughter; rāghave = to Rāghava; kartum icchati = [so] he desires.
Kākutstha’s prowess has been witnessed by the great soul Janaka. [So] he desires to bestow his daughter to Rāghava.